07/11/2014 CHAPTER W-0 - GENERAL PROVISIONS INDEX Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS #000 Definitions 1 ARTICLE II LICENSE TYPES AND REQUIREMENTS #001 Hunt Codes 4 #002 License and Manner of Take Requirements 6 ARTICLE III EVIDENCE OF SEX/SPIECIES/ANTLER POINT COMPLIANCE #003 9 ARTICLE IV MANNER OF TAKING WILDLIFE #004 Aids in Taking Wildlife 9 ARTICLE V ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES #005 Reasonable accommodations 10 ARTICLE VI TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE #006 Transportation 12 #007 Importation of Terrestrial Wildlife 14 #008 Possession of Terrestrial Wildlife 15 #009 Release of Terrestrial Wildlife 16 ARTICLE VII AQUATIC WILDLIFE #010 Transportation of Aquatic Wildlife 17 #011 Importation of Aquatic Wildlife 18 #012 Possession of Aquatic Wildlife 18 #013 Release of Aquatic Wildlife 20 #014 Aquatic Wildlife Health Management 23 ARTICLE X DONATION, DISPOSITION AND SALE OF WILDLIFE #015 Procedures for Donation of Edible Portions of Wildlife and Fish by 34 Licensees #016 Procedures for Donation of Edible Portions of Wildlife by the 35 Division #017 Procedures for Disposition of Non-Edible Portion of Wildlife 35 #018 Sale of Wildlife 36 #019 Disposition of Live Wildlife 37 ARTICLE XI SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS #020 37 #021 Feeding or Attracting Wildlife 39 #022 At Risk Species 40 ARTICLE XIII GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT BOUNDARIES #023 Game Management Unit Boundary Descriptions for all Terrestrial 40 Game Species, Except Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mountain Goat #024 Bighorn Sheep Unit Boundary Descriptions 56 #025 Rocky Mountain Goat Unit Boundary Descriptions 64 APPENDIX A STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED ELK HERD STATUS 67 APPENDIX B TUBERCULIN TESTING OF CERVIDAE 69 APPENDIX C STOCKING RESTRICTED CUTTHROAT TROUT WATERS 70 APPENDIX D SALMONID HABITAT DRAINAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS 79 1 APPENDIX E SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME INDEX 83 BASIS AND 101 PURPOSE STATEMENT 2 CHAPTER W-0 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS #000 – The following definitions supplement the statutory definitions found in the Wildlife Act including, but not limited to, those definitions found in section 33-1-102, C.R.S. A. General Definitions Including Manner of Take Definitions 1. "Aggregate" when applied to bag and possession limits, means the total number of species which are covered by such bag and possession limits. Any combination of the species may be possessed up to the total number established as the aggregate bag and possession limits. 2. "Archery" means the use of a hand-held bow. 3. "Bag Limit" means the maximum number of wildlife which may be taken in a single day during an established open season. This includes any wildlife which are consumed or donated during the same day they were legally taken. The terms "bag limit," "daily bag" and "bag" are considered to have the same meaning. 4. "Baiting" means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of any salt, mineral, grain, or other feed so as to constitute a lure, attraction or enticement for wildlife. 5. "Crossbow" means a bow which is attached at a right angle to a stock with a mechanical mechanism for holding the bow string in a cocked position and fired from the shoulder. 6. “Feral Hog” means any species or hybrid of species from the family Suidae (European boar, Eurasian boar, Russian boar, feral hog) or the family Tayassuidae (Javelina and peccary), which possesses one or more morphological characteristic distinguishing it from domestic swine including, but not limited to, an elongated snout, visible tusks, muscular shoulders with small hams and short loins, coarse hair, or a predominant ridge of hair along its back. For the purposes of these regulations, any swine running at large which possesses one or more of the above characteristics, may be presumed to be a feral hog, unless a person has received actual notice that the swine has escaped containment and its return is actively sought, in which case the person should report its location to the owner, if known, and the Division and the Department of Agriculture. 7. "Handgun" means any pistol or revolver having no shoulder stock or attachment. 8. "Hand-held bow" means a long bow, recurved bow, or compound bow on which the string is not drawn mechanically or held mechanically under tension. String releases or mechanical releases which are hand-drawn and hand-held with no other attachment or connection to the bow other than to the bowstring are lawful devices. 9. Licenses a. “Leftover license” means a limited license which is leftover after the primary application and drawing process. b. "Limited license" means any license which is limited in number by regulation and which is issued through the drawing process. c. "Over the counter license” means a license that may be purchased at a license agent. Most over the counter licenses are unlimited in number, but some may have an established cap. 1 d. "Private Land Only license” means a limited license valid only for use on private land and State Trust Lands not leased by the Division, excluding those limited licenses issued as part of the Ranching for Wildlife program. e. "Unlimited license" means a hunting license and carcass tag when appropriate which is not restricted in quantity and which is sold by license agents throughout the state and is not valid in any unit where licenses are available only through application and computer or hand drawn selection. 10. "Muzzle-loading rifle or musket" means a firearm fired from the shoulder, with a single barrel which fires a single patched round ball or bullet. 11. "Pellet gun" means any handgun or rifle of .177 caliber or larger firing pellets and powered by compressed air or gas. 12. "Private use" means the possession of wildlife only for private enjoyment and not intended to be sold, traded, bartered, or entered into commerce. 13. "Privately-owned game birds" means game birds held in private ownership and otherwise acquired in accordance with Commission regulations. 14. "Processed meat" means those edible parts of wildlife which have been cut into normal portions and wrapped for storage. It does not include game meat that is whole, has been quartered, or has not been packaged into normally accepted butcher’s portions including but not limited to steaks, roasts, loins, chops, and ground meat. 15. "Rifle" means a firearm fired from the shoulder, with a rifled bore, having a barrel length of sixteen (16) inches or more and a minimum overall length of twenty-six (26) inches. 16. "Shotgun" means a firearm fired from the shoulder with a smooth bore, having a barrel length of eighteen (18) inches or more and a minimum overall length of twenty-six (26) inches. 17. "Slingshot" means a hand-held device, not drawn or held mechanically, with the arms or attachment points to which an elastic band is attached for propelling small stones or metal projectiles. Wrist-brace attachments and non-elastic projectile pouches are considered normal components of a slingshot. 18. “State Trust Lands” means those lands owned or under the control of the State Board of Land Commissioners. B. Definitions related to Aquatic Species or Fish Health 1. “Aquatic Nuisance Species” (ANS) means exotic or nonnative aquatic wildlife or any plant species that have been determined by the Commission to pose a significant threat to the aquatic resources or water infrastructure of the state. 2. "Best management practices" means the most effective, practicable (including technological, economic, constructible, and institutional considerations) means of preventing or minimizing the presence or spread of ANS, parasites, or diseases in a fish production facility. 3. “Certification” means a document issued by the Division certifying that the facility and the fish located thereon, have been tested for regulated fish pathogens in the numbers and by methods meeting the minimum standards established by these regulations, or any analogous document issued by a qualified fish health official from a recognized state, federal, or foreign fish and wildlife agency. 2 4. "Coldwater stream"- means a segment or reach of a creek, stream, or river that has water temperatures that do not exceed 68 degrees F for 24 consecutive hours. 5. "Critical Habitat"- means the following river reaches and their 100 year floodplains: the Gunnison River downstream of the Uncompahgre River confluence, the Colorado River downstream of the exit 90 north bridge from I-70, the White River downstream of Rio Blanco Dam, the Green River downstream of the Yampa River confluence, and the Yampa River downstream of the Colo 394 bridge. 6. “Direct connection” means waters in the Upper Colorado River Basin that flow directly into critical habitat. This does not include reservoirs, and waters above such reservoirs, where fish escapement has been addressed according to a management plan approved by the Division. 7. "Drainages"- means sub-sets of the USGS hydrologic code system as set forth in the Hydrologic Unit Maps (U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2294, U.S. Dept. of Interior U.S. Geological Survey, 1974, State of Colorado section reprinted 1992). This document, but not later amendments or editions, have been incorporated by reference and can be viewed and copies obtained at the Division as set forth in the “Incorporated References” section of Chapter 0 of these regulations. 8. "Gametes"- means eggs or sperm. 9. "Inlets" - means the bay or recess at the confluence of a stream with the surface of a lake or reservoir. 10. "Isolated Water"- means ponds, lakes, or reservoirs that have no outlet. 11. "Myxobolus cerebralis intensity" means average spore levels in salmonid fish as determined by standardized testing in accordance with the provisions of #014 Aquatic Wildlife Health Management. 12. “Myxobolus cerebralis negative salmonid fish production facility” means a facility in which Myxobolus cerebralis has never been found or in which Myxobolus cerebralis has been eliminated in accordance with the provisions of #014 Aquatic Wildlife Health Management.